STATEMENT ON HARASSMENT OF CIVIL SERVANT BY PF CADRES
19th April 2021
CCZ STATEMENT ON THE HARASSMENT OF A CIVIL SERVANT BY PF CADRES
We, at the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ), would like to raise our voice on the behaviour by Patriotic Front (PF) cadres who last week stormed the Ministry of Works and Supply and audaciously harassed a female civil servant employed under the Transport and Control Unit on allegations that she supported the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND).
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